Hawkins v. Hawkins

The plaintiff, Diane E. Hawkins, appeals from orders of the Probate Court dismissing, on procedural grounds, her appeals from (1) an order dismissing her complaint for modification of the separation agreement; and (2) an order allowing the defendant’s motion for sanctions against the plaintiff’s attorney. The plaintiff also presses the merits of her two dismissed appeals.

In September, 1982, the parties’ separation agreement was approved by a Probate Court judge, a judgment of divorce nisi based on an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, G. L. c. 208, § 1A, issued, and the divorce became…